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Contractor Arrested in Connection With Death of Alabama 3-Year-Old in Hot Car

Par :Hannah Ziegler
The child, who was in foster care, died on July 22 after being left in a vehicle. A contractor for the state’s Human Resources Department was charged with a felony on Friday.

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A contractor for Alabama’s Human Resources Department was charged on Friday in connection with the death of Ke’Torrius Starkes Jr., a 3-year-old who was left in a hot car, the authorities said.
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Appeals Court Allows Trump Order That Ends Union Protections for Federal Workers

Par :Chris Cameron
A famously liberal circuit court ruled in President Trump’s favor, authorizing a component of his sweeping effort to assert more control over the federal bureaucracy.

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President Trump outside the White House on Friday.
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Senate Passes Its First Spending Bills, but Battles Lie Ahead

Par :Michael Gold
Overwhelming bipartisan passage of $488 billion in federal funding masked a bigger fight ahead over funding the rest of the government before a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.

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The U.S. Capitol on Friday.
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After D.C. Plane Crash, Air Traffic Controllers Were Not Tested for Alcohol

Par :Karoun Demirjian
The F.A.A. has since been training on-call specialists to be snappier about administering alcohol and drug tests after a serious incident, an official said.

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Jennifer Homendy, the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, questions witnesses at a hearing on the midair collision.
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Army Pilots Might Have Struggled to See Passenger Jet Before D.C. Crash

Par :Karoun Demirjian
Light pollution from Washington and the passenger jet’s dim lights might have contributed to difficulties spotting American Airlines Flight 5342 before the collision on Jan. 29, Army experts said.

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An Army flight helmet with night vision goggles at a training facility at Fort Rucker in Alabama, in April.
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Durham’s Debunking of the ‘Clinton Plan’ Emails, Explained

Par :Charlie Savage
Trump allies have fixated on a purported message about Hillary Clinton and Russia. John H. Durham, the special counsel, found evidence that it was likely a fake assembled by Russian spies.

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John H. Durham, the special counsel appointed by the Trump administration to scour the Russia investigation for wrongdoing, concluded that Russian spies likely concocted emails about Donald J. Trump that Hillary Clinton and her campaign were accused of sending in 2016.
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Newsom Wants to Gerrymander California. Schwarzenegger May Disagree.

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
As governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger championed the state’s nonpartisan redistricting system. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to pause it to help Democrats.

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After leaving the governor’s office, Arnold Schwarzenegger lobbied other states to adopt nonpartisan systems to draw congressional maps.
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In Tense Hearing, Texas Republicans Defend Redrawn Political Map

Par :J. David Goodman
The legislative hearing was part of a rapidly moving redistricting process, pushed by President Trump, that could see the map approved next week.

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State Representative Chris Turner during a public hearing on congressional redistricting in Austin, Texas, on Friday.
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4 Dead in Anaconda, Montana, Bar Shooting; Police Search for Gunman

Par :Jake Ellison · Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Alyce McFadden
Law enforcement officials engaged in a growing manhunt for the suspect, who lived close to the bar. They warned that he was believed to be armed.

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Police officers outside the Owl Bar in Anaconda, Mont., after a shooting on Friday.
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Federal Judge Bars Trump From Expediting Deportation of Migrants Paroled into U.S.

Par :Zach Montague
The ruling halted the Trump administration from pursuing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of migrants accepted into the United States, who now retain only minimal legal safeguards.

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U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
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Trump Says He Ordered Nuclear Submarines Repositioned After Threats From Medvedev

Par :David E. Sanger
In a social media post, the president described the move as a deterrent prompted by threats by a former Russian leader. It is unclear if any submarines did actually change position.

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President Trump in the White House on Thursday.
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Before D.C. Crash, Fates of 2 Pilots and Air Traffic Controller Entwined

Par :Kate Kelly · David A. Fahrenthold and Karoun Demirjian
Documents released in the inquiry into the deadly midair collision over the Potomac River on Jan. 29 reveal new details about three people whose decisions shaped the outcome of the disaster.

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Florida Is Buying Plane Tickets for Unauthorized Immigrants to Self-Deport

Par :Patricia Mazzei
Immigrants in custody, with no felony convictions, may be offered direct commercial flights home — and avoid “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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Gov. Ron DeSantis said that unauthorized immigrants could avoid being taken to the state-run detention center in the Everglades if they chose to self-deport.
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Mike Donilon Had $4 Million Incentive to Secure a 2024 Biden Win

Par :Reid J. Epstein and Tyler Pager
Mike Donilon was promised a bonus that would have doubled his payment for work on the campaign if the former president had been re-elected.

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Mike Donilon was among former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s aides who resisted calls for him to end his re-election campaign, even after a damaging debate performance.
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Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein Associate, Moved to Minimum-Security Women’s Prison in Texas

Par :Alan Feuer
The longtime Epstein associate, now serving a 20-year sentence, was relocated from a federal prison in Florida about a week after being interviewed by a Justice Department official.

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The federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved.
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How U.S. Officials Grappled With the Release of a Triple Murderer

Par :Hamed Aleaziz · Julie Turkewitz and José Bautista
The decision to free an American convicted of murder in a prisoner swap with Venezuela threatened to undercut President Trump’s claims of keeping the worst of the worst out of the United States.

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Michael Kozak, a senior State Department diplomat, wondered in an email exchange whether, having obtained the freedom of Dahud Hanid Ortiz, a U.S. Army veteran convicted of murdering three people in Madrid in 2016, the U.S. government might extradite him to Spain.
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U.S. Hiring Slowed in July, Adding 73,000 Jobs

Par :Madeleine Ngo
The labor market showed signs of weakening, with 73,000 jobs added in July and gains for the previous two months revised significantly lower.

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Trump Administration Cuts UCLA Funding Over Claims of Antisemitism, Chancellor Says

Par :Jonathan Wolfe and Michael C. Bender
The university is the latest to be targeted by the federal government over claims of antisemitism and bias on campus.

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A pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, in April 2024. Last year, U.C.L.A. was the site of one of the nation’s biggest protests against the war in Gaza.
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George Mason President Holds Job After Attacks on His Diversity Views

Par :Vimal Patel
Republicans are investigating the president, Gregory Washington, and the school over his support for diversity efforts at the university, Virginia’s largest public institution.

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Gregory Washington is the first Black president of George Mason University, Virginia’s largest university by enrollment.
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Kamala Harris Tells Colbert She Wants a Break From Public Office

Par :John Yoon
The former Democratic nominee for president explained why she did not run for California governor in her first interview since leaving office as vice president.

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Ms. Harris told Stephen Colbert in “The Late Show” that, for now, she wanted to stay out of the political system.
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Judge Extends Protections for Migrants From Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua

Par :Zach Montague
In blocking the end of deportation protections for more than 60,000 migrants, the judge said the Trump administration’s language surrounding the program had strayed into racist conspiracy theories.

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A migrant deportation flight in January. A judge extended protections for Hondurans, Nicaraguans and Nepalis through at least mid-November.
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Trump Sharpens Sanctions Threat on Russia, While Admitting It May Not Work

Par :David E. Sanger
“We’re going to put sanctions,” the president said, even before a deadline he had given Russia this week to engage in cease-fire negotiations had passed.

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“I don’t know that sanctions bother him,” President Trump said of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
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Air Traffic Controllers Urged Safety Changes Years Before D.C. Crash

Par :Karoun Demirjian
Air traffic control managers told the National Transportation Safety Board that F.A.A. leaders rebuffed efforts over the years to address hazardous conditions that played a role in the Jan. 29 crash.

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Federal Aviation Administration employees preparing to testify on Thursday, the second day of National Transportation Safety Board hearings on the January collision of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines plane.
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Trump, Term-Limited, Amasses $200 Million War Chest for Political Ambitions

Par :Theodore Schleifer
The money is meant to beat Democrats, but some Republicans worry it could be used to beat Republicans, too.

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The super PAC that supports President Trump will have a huge role in Republican spending for the midterms next year.
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Smithsonian Removes Reference to Trump’s Impeachments, but Says It Will Return

Par :Graham Bowley
President Trump’s impeachments were mentioned in an exhibit on the American presidency that museum officials said was outdated. A Smithsonian spokeswoman said a future exhibit would include “all impeachments.”

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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History removed a label referring to President Trump’s two impeachments.
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‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows

Par :Charlie Savage and Adam Goldman
An annex to a report by the special counsel John H. Durham was the latest in a series of disclosures about the Russia inquiry, as the Trump team seeks to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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The release of the annex to a report by the special counsel John H. Durham, right, adds new details to the public’s understanding of a complex trove of 2016 Russian intelligence reports analyzing purported emails that Russian hackers stole from Americans.
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Andrea Lucas Confirmed to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Par :Niko Gallogly
Ms. Lucas, who has led efforts to attack diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, was confirmed by the Senate for a second term.

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Andrea Lucas, has led efforts at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to unwind protections for transgender people and scrutinize D.E.I. programs.
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Fed Up With Netanyahu and Handling of Gaza War, Democrats Rebuke Israel

Par :Katie Glueck and Lisa Lerer
Votes in the Senate made clear that the longtime bipartisan consensus in support of Israel is, at least for the moment, in tatters.

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“The Netanyahu government cannot continue with this strategy,” Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington, said in a statement about the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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White House Unveils Plan for $200 Million Ballroom, Trump’s Long-Sought Imprint

Par :Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Officials said a 90,000-square-foot addition to the East Wing would be paid for by President Trump and other donors.

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Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, showed renderings of the proposed addition to the East Wing on Thursday.
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Nashville Is a ‘Tough Place to Tunnel.’ Musk Is Digging Anyway.

Par :Emily Cochrane
State leaders fast-tracked plans by Elon Musk’s company for a tunnel to Nashville’s airport, ignoring the city’s concerns.

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company built a tunnel for tourists in Las Vegas, but its other announced plans have fizzled so far.
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David Nabarro Dies at 75; Grappled Globally With Ebola and Covid

Par :Trip Gabriel
At the U.N., he took on some of the world’s most challenging health crises in troubled areas, skillfully coordinating international efforts to reduce the spread of disease

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David Nabarro in 2014. As the special envoy of the U.N. Secretary General on Ebola, Dr. Nabarro provided strategic and policy direction for the international response.
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Bipartisan Pair of Senators Seeks $54.6 Billion in New Aid for Ukraine

Par :Robert Jimison
The measure faces long odds given past Republican opposition to sending additional assistance to Kyiv, but it comes as President Trump has signaled a new openness to finding ways to back the nation.

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The measure by Senators Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, left, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski, right, Republican of Alaska, includes billions of dollars for direct weapons assistance to Ukraine.
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Kavanaugh Defends Supreme Court’s Terse Emergency Orders

Par :Adam Liptak
Speaking at a judicial conference, the justice said that saying too much risked premature judgments, adding that the court had been trying various approaches.

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Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh warned of a “lock-in effect” if the court were to issue detailed opinions on emergency applications.
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Unnoticed Whistle-Blower Document Alarms Justice Department Veterans

Par :Devlin Barrett
A complaint concerning a top Justice Department official, Emil Bove III, went unnoticed for more than two months, raising worries that an internal watchdog has gone dormant.

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As a top Justice Department official, Emil Bove III fired dozens of lawyers and agents without any stated cause, in seeming violation of civil service protections and longtime department practice.
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Trump to Impose Sweeping New Tariffs on Much of the World

Par :Ana Swanson and Tony Romm
The Trump administration will impose much higher tariff rates for exports from dozens of countries next week, scrapping a system of levies that the United States has had in place for decades.

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Mexico had an extended deadline for a trade deal.
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In Yosemite, Falling Tree Branches Kill a Young Hiker in ‘Freak Accident’

Par :Christine Hauser
Angela Lin, 29, was a software engineer at Google who loved to spend time outdoors.

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Angela Lin died during a hike among giant sequoia trees in Tuolumne Grove, a popular trail in Yosemite National Park.
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County Emergency Official Says He Was Ill and Sleeping as Texas Floods Hit

Par :J. David Goodman and Danny Hakim
At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when the Guadalupe River burst its banks.

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Kerr County officials testified at a hearing held in Kerrville by a select committee of the Texas Legislature.
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Massachusetts Governor Proposes $400 Million for Colleges, Citing Federal ‘Uncertainty’

Par :Chris Hippensteel
The plan would help support research projects and jobs connected with colleges and universities in the state, which have faced funding cuts by the Trump administration.

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The plan by Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts would help support research jobs at universities and colleges in the state.
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The U.S. imposed visa bans on Palestinian officials.

Par :Michael Crowley

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Mahmoud Abbas, center, president of the Palestinian Authority, the governing body that manages areas of the West Bank.
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Trump Imposes 35% Tariff on Canada and Grants Mexico a 90-Day Extension

Par :James Wagner · Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Ian Austen
While the United States’ largest trading partner now has more time to reach a trade deal, its second-largest saw its tariff rate increase on Thursday.

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A port in Manzanillo, Mexico. President Trump extended the deadline to reach a trade deal between the United States and Mexico.
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More Than 150,000 Federal Workers Accepted Trump’s Resignation Incentives

Par :Eileen Sullivan
A new government estimate, along with a study by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, provides a long-awaited window into the scale of the departures.

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Departing State Department workers outside the agency’s building in Washington this month.
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The California Governor’s Race Was in Limbo. Now It’s Wide Open.

Par :Laurel Rosenhall and Shawn Hubler
Until she decided not to run, former Vice President Kamala Harris had loomed over the race as a likely favorite. Now, a host of hopefuls are jockeying for advantage.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday that she would not run for governor of California.
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Virginia Giuffre’s Family Responds to Trump’s Claim That Epstein ‘Stole’ Her

Par :Alan Feuer and Matthew Goldstein
President Trump’s remarks raised questions about his knowledge of the crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, the family said in a statement.

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Virginia Giuffre, center, outside a Manhattan court in 2019.
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Legal Watchdog Files Bar Complaints Against Justice Dept. Lawyers

Par :Alan Feuer
The move represented a rare attempt to seek accountability for rank-and-file lawyers who have represented the Trump administration in court.

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Judges across the country have repeatedly called out Justice Department lawyers for violating their orders and even for destroying the bonds of trust that the government has traditionally been afforded in court.
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A Trump Ally Pressed for a Mexican Citizen’s Release From ICE Custody

Par :Pooja Salhotra
The office of Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana asked the Department of Homeland Security to release the detainee, who is married to a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

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Senator John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, helped release Paola Clouatre from detention after an immigration judge halted her deportation order.
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‘Not a Damned Penny.’ Texas Flood Survivors Look for Help

Par :Edgar Sandoval and Desiree Rios
Texas state legislators will be in Kerrville on Thursday for a hearing on the July 4 floods. They may get an earful.

From the early days of the tragedy, officials in Kerr County have faced questions about the weak local government response and lack of alarm systems along the river.
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How Louisiana Became ICE Detention Central

Par :Brent McDonald · Campbell Robertson · Ben Laffin · Singeli Agnew · Laura Bult and June Kim
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to operate more like a business — like FedEx or Amazon. Brent McDonald and Campbell Robertson traveled to a small commercial airport in Alexandria, La., that has become the No. 1 ICE transit hub in the country.
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Ahead of Trade Deadline, Trump Threatens Canada for Backing Palestinian State

Par :Francesca Regalado
Canada faces a 35 percent tariff on its exports to the United States if it does not reach a trade deal with the Trump administration by Friday.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada had said on Wednesday that Canada would recognize Palestine as a state if the Palestinian Authority commits to certain conditions.
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